God?

God?, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

I was interviewed by Eloísa for TugaMagazine and she challenged me to draw a portrait of God.
I have to say it was a hard one, because i only had a few hours, but i had a lot of fun with it.
I used watercolors, no sketching at all, because the medium allowed me to discover shapes without controlling too much. After a few washes, i painted gouache over the watercolors and finally scanned it and added a few color corrections and that was it.

Thank you Eloísa! You can read the interview she made, but only in portuguese, here, http://tugamagazine.deviantart.com/blog/33445552/
Here are some photos of my table where i was working.

On the left side of the photo you can see the plate where i mixed my watercolors, and on the right side, my palete for gouaches. I've used Winsor and Newton watercolors, Carand d'ache gouaches, painted with Winsor & Newton Cotman series, and the brush on top of the sketchbook is a sable hair brush, but it doesn't have a brand.
Finally, the paper is a Canson watercolor Sketchbook, 300gr.
And now a close ups on the painting.

Now i want to paint more Gods!

I hope you enjoy it and i'll waiting your opinions and critiques!

A Naifa in Coimbra

A Naifa in Coimbra, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

On May 27th, i went to A Naifa's concert, in Oficina Municipal do Teatro, Coimbra.
Link to their blog
The show was amazing, and by the third song i was drawing it.
Even with very few light to see what i was doing, i went for it, and tried to capture what i was seeing. And it was great!
Even more lucky i felt when i shared the drawings with the band members! Who liked a lot and said that it was the first time they have seen drawings of them playing.
It was a very cool night, and you can see the drawings clicking on the images above, that links to the set in Flickr.
For the tech details, i drew with a Pentel waterbrush,filled with Winsor&Newton black ink on a Moleskine Plain Soft Notebook - Large sketchbook.

Hope you enjoy it, and if you also draw, maybe you feel inspired to try the same.

Take care!!
André

EmCena, Second edition

EmCena, Second edition, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Poster for the second edition of EmCena.

Illustration made with brush, ink and digital colors.
The character presenting the event is "Shakys", the mascot of EmCena.

Details and the program here, (portuguese), http://www.oceleiro.org/blog/?p=216

Take care,
André

New Work! Poster for Bolsa de Mérito Artístico

New Work! Poster for Bolsa de Mérito Artístico, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Poster for a music Scholarship, given by Câmara Municipal de Montemor-o-Velho.

Here's the link to the Scholarship rules and terms, http://www.cm-montemorvelho.pt/editais_2010/bolsas_merito_artistico_area_musica.htm

The illustration was made with brush and ink, drawn directly, and then colored digitally. I started with the inks but still hadn't got a clear ideia for the colors, but started playing around and exploring things and got to final result.
I believe it's a bit different from what i've done so far.

But what i am most happy about it's the concept behind it.
It's a scholarship for music. And i choosed to draw the public, and the reward that a good work, or a god concert has, which are the clapping of the hands.
Any type of music, people or genre can be visualized, it's up to the reader to imagine that.

:) Take care,
André

Theatre World Day

Theatre World Day, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

New Poster for the Theatre World Day, on March 26th.

Illustration made with brush and ink, for the characters, colors digitally done on Photoshop, and the curtains, are vector drawn.

So thats it for tonight, have fun and take care!

André

Mp3 da Entrevista na Ruc - Passo a Palavra

Hello!

A entrevista que passou no dia 10 deste mês já pode ser ouvida aqui,Mp3 da entrevista.

Obrigado à Ruc pelo convite para a entrevista e por disponibilizar o mp3 da mesma.

The mp3 of the interview that aired on February 10th can be listend here, although it's onlyin portuguese. :)

Take are
André

EmCena 2010

EmCena 2010, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Poster for the second edition of EmCena, a theatre festival in the town of Pereira, Portugal.
Drawing made with brush and ink, colors digitally made.
:)

Convido-vos a visitar o meu portfolio de Ilustração e Design Gráfico em http://boredomsketch.com/pt/ Espero que gostem,
Beijos e Abraços

Take a look at my Illustration and Graphic Design portfolio at http://boredomsketch.com/v2/ :)
Kisses and huggs!

Take care,
André!

Interview on Radio!

Drawing made after being interviewd on Ruc, Rádio Universidade de Coimbra. This is the studio were we recorded it.
It will be on air, this sunday, February 7th, by 22h. But only in portuguese. I'll be talking about me, drawing, illustration and comics. I hope, for those of you who will listen it, that you liked it!.
More info here, http://passoapalavraruc.blogspot.com/2010/02/ilustracao-em-destaque-na-ru.html

As for the drawing it was made in more or less 5 minutes, with a Pentel waterbrush pen filled with ink, given me by my sweet friend Mafalda.

Take care!
André

2010!

HAPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYY NEWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!

May all your wishes become real!

All the best,
Andre

Pentel pocket brush try one!

Pentel pocket brush try one!, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

My friend Jorge Coelho got me a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and its a very cool thing!
So this was what a got in my first drawings on my sketchbook. The left side is from imagination, the right side is at a marroquine bar, called Al-Sahara, and it's what it was on the table.

Take care :)

Cadavre Exquis number 35

, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Hello everyone!

This is my participation on Daniel Maia's Project called Cadavre Exquis.
The way it works the story is being told a page at a time, by a different author, which can choose how he's going to continue the story.

So this is my take on it, made with brush and ink, on paper, and the grey tones were done digitally, as well as the typography.

read the story here, cc-cadavreexquis.blogspot.com/
And my part here, cc-cadavreexquis.blogspot.com/2009/11/35-prancha.html
Hope you enjoy it!

Só o Faraó Tem Alma

Só o Faraó Tem Alma, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Poster for the play, Só O Faraó tem Alma, written by Silveira Sampaio,
for the theatre group O Celeiro, oceleiro.org/

The drawing was made with ink and brush, and colored digitally.
Hope you enjoy it!

André

Versos de Respirar

Versos de Respirar, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

A editora Calendário, os Autores e o Teatrão convidam V.Exa para o lançamento do livro “Versos de Respirar” de José António Franco, com ilustrações de André Caetano, a realizar no próximo dia 31 de Outubro às 15h 30m na Oficina Municipal do Teatro em Coimbra.
Serão apresentadores da obra os Drs Rui Veloso e Leonor Riscado.

A Viagem no Youtube

The poster, made by me, it's here , or on the post below, hehe.

Take care,
André Caetano

A Viagem

A Viagem, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Poster for a Theater play, which will premier next weekend.
More infor here, http://www.oceleiro.org/blog/?p=101
The idea was to show a little bit of the characters and their personalities. But to find out why they are doing this, you will have to see the play,

Drawing done with brush and ink, in A4 paper.
I'll post the printed versions of the poster, as well as flyers and the banner on the building, which i hope will be printed biiiiig

Take care,
André

IF - Unfold

IF - Unfold, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

I've unfolded this little zombie from my darkside :D , heheh, and when the IF topic got out, i already had the drawing started.
So i decided to go with it and try to do something a little different and experiment!
I started by drawing with a quill pen and ink, very loose and spontaneous. After that i've colored it using watercolors, colored pencils, and scanned it.
The size of the paper it's an a6 sketchbook i'm using now.
Which by itself it's a different journey.
Digitally i've added the texture which already had the ornaments.
The texture can be download from here, www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-high-res-texture-pack-the-a...

Drawing day - A self portrait

Drawing day - A self portrait
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

My contribuition for the DrawingDay09-
Visit www.drawingday.org for more info and see all the things related.
It's me, drawing, and it was done with the mighty brush and ink, and it wass great fun.
I'm coloring too, with watercolrs, so soon i'll be able to post it with the colors as well.
And i'll be sharing some phases of the work, like pencils, inks, and watercolors.

Take care,
André

Moleskinerie 2

Moleskinerie 2
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

A late night experience, an afternoon photograph
And great fun!
As it shows on the photo, i've used Van gogh watercolors, bic cristal pen, and watercolor soluble pencils from Caran d'ache, and a sable brush.
I've drawn first with the bic pen, then i've colored it with the watercolors, and finally i've redrawn some line with the pencils.

:)

Caes Letrados

Caes Letrados
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

HEllo"


Embora não o tivesse publicitado a exposição perto da data da inauguração, convido-vos agora a visitá-la, pois a exposição vai-se manter até ao final do mês.
É na Casa dos Açores do Norte, que fica na:
Rua do Bonfim, 163
4300-069 PORTO - PORTUGAL

A exposição tem o seguinte horário,
Entre as 9h30 e as 12h30 - 14h30 e 17h30.

Não abre ao fim de semana, mas se estiverem interessados, eu comunico com a Casa dos Açores para alguém ir abrir as instalações e puderem visitar a exposição.
Pode ser que tenha oportunidade de me deslocar ao Porto.

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Em conjunto com a Casa dos Açores e a Associação dos Amigos dos Animais de Santo Tirso, estou a desenhar os animais domésticos de quem quiser, cobrando 20 euros pelo desenho, parte do valor indo para a associação, para a ajudar.
A colaboração com eles foi iniciada no dia, durante a inauguração.
Cujo exemplos, já podem ver no meu set do flickr :

People's Pets

Se estiverem interessados em que faça um desenho do vosso animal de estimação, podem contactar pelo email, mail@boredomsketch.com

Tenho também um pdf, sobre a Exposição, que podem consultar aqui, PDF
Contém um texto de Cristóvão de Aguiar, sobre o livro e o meu trabalho no seu livro, bem como uma biografia minha.
Se o link não funcionar avisem-me.

Em breve coloco algumas fotos da inauguração da Expo.


ABraço!

Video time

Boredomsketch illustrations from Tiago Serra on Vimeo.



My friend Tiago Serra is making a Multitouch screen. So on Monday i went there and was able to play with it, using my illustrations, as well other things they were making.

Check more videos from him and this multitouch screen over here, http://www.vimeo.com/hci



Decomposition on land from Tiago Serra on Vimeo.

An interactive installation for the exploration of the forest ground and its living organisms.

Located at the science center of Proença-a-Nova, Portugal

Design and code: Tiago Serra
Modeling and animation: André Caetano

This project was done in a 2 month period between February and May 2007.

Design considerations:
Needed to be fun, educational and resilient enough to handle lots of kids fighting for it ;)

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Take care!

Selfportrait Party

Selfportrait Party
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

I've done this portrait of me in 2008, to an event in conceptart.org, The International Selfportrait Day, but wasn´t able to post it during the time it went on.
Pencil on my sketchbook and the mighty mirror.
See the thread here, www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=139827

:)

clandestine

I really liked the vague look of this character. What could he be thinking? What stories could he tell? Maybe i'll find out in the next sketch :)
Doodling in my sketchbook :)
Bic pen on paper.

Afternoon Moleskinerie

Afternoon Moleskinerie
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

Just a nice afternoon sketching on my moleskine, the one with black softcover, 13x21cm.
It was a very spontaneous drawing, where i was reacting to what the pencil was making on the paper and seeing what it would be fun to do. After the drawing i added a little detail in watercolor and the light parts in white gouache.
And i enjoyed a lot!

:)

The drunken smile

The drunken smile
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

Pen drawing on paper.
I had this piece in a show where the bar was right below the drawing.
I guess it was a perfect spot for it, hehe

:)

SelfPortrait

Originally uploaded by boredomsketch
This a selfportrait i've made in Illustrator Cs3, trying to explore the brushes and creating texture with them.
Its also part of a 62 selfportraits i've made that can be seen HERE

:)

Self

Originally uploaded by boredomsketch Hello everyone!

This is part of my self portrait frenzy that i'm doing since September 17th, but i thought it could be a cool temporary id.

It was done using a web cam, Photoshop and wacom intuous.

Hope you enjoy it!

Little Red Riding Hood

Hello everyone!








I did these three illustration to a Children Illustration contest that happens every two years in Barreiro,Portugal.
You can check the winners here, blog
oficial site
They are from the story of the Little Red Riding Hood.
The first one is when she´s leaving her home, going to her grandmother's house.
Her mother is warning her about the wolf.
The second one is when she meets the wolf and he's able to mislead her, and she's going to pick some flowers, giving the wolf some advantage on the way to grandmother's.
In this one i remembered the Magritte's painting where an horseman it's in the florest and thought it would be a nice way to show the wolf in this case.
here's a link to the painting,
http://immerseyoursoulinlove.files....57-magritte.jpg
The final one is when the wolf already at grandmother's house and the little girl is entering the house, without knowing that the wolf is there. I've tried to tell the reader that he's there, trying not be literal doing so.

I want to improve if possible, them so im putting them here to your apreciation and critique.
So please do so and i hope you enjoy them!

Thanks!

Uninspired

Uninspired
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch
It happens, a lot times, but we gotta be able to beat it!
And do something to win the lack of ideas.
Go skate or take a walk in coimbra's downtown ares some of the ways i find that usually works for me. ( not allways)
For some, they await patiently for the muse of the almighty inspiration to come. :P

Totally digital, done in Corel Painter IX and wacom =)

Illustration Friday - Suit

Illustration Friday - Suit
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch
Well, i admit, this time originality was not the qualitty of my illo, :P
It's me on a suit, with a skateboard with some tapes.
It was for my degree's book, where most of the students who are finnishing the degree, make or have made their caricature.
So this is a self caricature.

Unlocked

Unlocked
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch

This is a personal work.

It started as a small sketch, and over two months, not on a daily basis i've working on this pic.
I have never spent so much time on a digital painting and now i feel it really worth the effort.
My idea regarding this work was to try to visualize somehow how a person's "heart" can be unlocked and the wounds that other relationships created are healed.
The tatoos on her are to remind her of something that she might have learned with other relations.
The rockabilly style on the tatoos are just because i really like the kind of tatoos and i guess they suit the purpose.
Watching Shawn Barber's work regarding tatoos are also the reason behind this work.
It was done using Corel Painter IX initially and then i switched to the X version wich helped me a lot blending the colors because of the real bristle feature.
The arm and the hand holding the key were really hard to got it righ (i still not happy with it).

I loved the time i spent doing it and had a lot a lot of fun.
And i hope you enjoy it too!

Illustration Friday - Red

Illustration Friday - Red

Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.
I did this after watching a video about Carson Ellis on youtube.
I adore her drawings for The Decemberists. with the portraits of the band with cool frames around them.
So the face of this drawing is based on her face and her work.
I could said it was a portrait of her but some things are not exactly like her.

Well hope you enjoy my lttle red girl, which was done with a 2b pencil, plus a red and ocre color pencil's on my moleskine sketchbook. I was looking for a sort of old, yellowish paper, and that kind of paper works, i guess.

:)

Illustration Friday - Phoenix

Illustration Friday - Phoenix
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.
Will she reborn from the flames? ihihih
:D

Drawing on paper, colored in painter and retouched on photoshop.

It was a good late night painting :)

Central Comics

Central Comics
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

I've done a illustration for the top banner of Central Comics, which is a comic book store, with a forum about comics.
The illo is fully digital, done with Corel Painter IX.5 and Photoshop Cs2.
Here's the link http://www.centralcomics.com/portal/index.php

:)

happy halloween!

happy halloween!
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

My entry on halloween contest that Penelope, the creator of Illustration Friday has organized. Check the rest here
:)

Illustration Friday - Trouble

Illustration Friday - Trouble
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Get your inner devil outside and get into trouble!
:)

Illustration Friday - Phobia

Illustration Friday
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

This week topic is phobia.
So my take was not to show a phobia but try to interpret what it is and what it does to a people with a phobia.
It's a fear that is extreme and let's the person helpless.
I edited the drawing so it's more clear that the person on the drawing is naked so it seems more fragile.
Phoibia it's also a fear that borns and grows in our head, in our mind. And it does not gives us good thing so it's a dead tree growing in his head, with no fruits or leafs to give.
Enjoy it! :)

Illustration Friday - Change

Illustration Friday - Change
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

i've changed my aproach, i lustrate in another way.
I've tried to visualize with help of typography, the concept of change. The word "change" is constantly changing, with different types to every letter.
Because people change, time change, type change, so why not change my aproach? :P

Illustration Friday - Farm

farm
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

This week topic is farm.
So my take on this was that, i have a little "farm" in my work dedicated to illustration friday. It's like a plant that i feed with IF topics, on the pic is water.
The plant gives illustrations, because that is what i give to IF. An illustration participation :)
Hope you enjoy it! i had loads of fun doing it, so here it is. Done using corel painter, photoshop and wacom. But first of all, i drew it using a ballpoint pen on paper.
some close ups, first one , second one
:)

Illustration Friday - Safe

Illustration Friday
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Participation on this week topic.
When i draw, i go to other worlds, other dreams and stay away from this reality, safe from all the dangers :)
i did try to give the idea that he is on a sort of a booble that keeps it safe. well maybe it doesnt work quiet well : / awaiting your opinion while i go to sleep, ahaha :)

drawing with pen on paper, and painted using corel painter IX and photoshop cs

Illustration Friday - Run

Illustration Friday - Run
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

So this week theme is Run.
So i've come to this solution, like a creepy horror movie scene.
Kids are lot scary in some movies :)
To be colored very soon, or even improved.
Hope you enjoy it :)

Illustration Friday - Match

Match
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

My take on Illustration Friday topic, Match.
It was done long time ago, using freehand mx. So it's a re-use of an illustration i've done just for fun.
The idea behind is in fact to illustrate a match, the spider is the judge, an the little dragons are batling each other.
You can make many interpretation of it, although the story i though that could be the base for this is to think that the judge can be an old teacher from a univ, or an old judge on a contest who has in his webs a lot of knowledge, won in many battles, doing ilustration or design, battling tough clients .
And the little dragons are just little designers, just graduate and they are trying to match it up! :P

:)

Capture, Ilustratio friday

capturee
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Ilustration for IF (illustration friday)

Well first of all i'm sorry for my mistake in the topic, i've just missed the capture topic.
I will illustrate play and then i'll put it here.
lustration for IF (illustration friday)
It's my serious attempt so far at portraiting Bettie Page, the Queen of pinups :D
done totally digitally :)

My aproach was to put a person who's work is to be captured on photos without no one to do that :P

Ilustration Friday

Ilustration Friday
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

This week theme is "clean".
So my interpretation was to draw miss Clean :D
My photobase was Evelyn West, no special reason for that, just browsing my photobase gallery and started sketching,then the ideia popped up :)
I've drawn the lady with ballpoint pen on my sketcbook, then gone wild with some brushes from Eduardo Recife from Misprintedtype, Misprintedtype
His work was a big influence, and i gave my work a more dirtier look.

sapum

sapum
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

my suppa cute froggy ahahaha
pen on paper :)

Illustration friday

angeldevil
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Here's my submission to Illustration Friday topic, angels and devils.
Done digitally on corel painter IX and photoshop :)
I've been making angel's paintings so this topic suit's very well :)
You can check it here on my deviantart gallery
full version on deviantart as well

ruben

ruben
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

big step up em pintura digital.
feito n corel painter IX com wacom :)

littlebear

littlebear
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Feito há algum tempo, tentando evoluir na pintura a gouache.
Ele tem um ar fofinho nao tem? x)

death

death
Originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Morte, a carta número treze do tarot, :)